The state should exit Europe’s banking sector

Commentary feature in which author argues that banking reform in eurozone countries is a necessary act to improve their economic situation. He concludes his article: 'My prediction is that the combined force of European competition policy and further European financial integration will eventually lead to the long-overdue modernisation of the banking sector across the eurozone. It should be a priority for economic reformers to prepare the ground for change.'

A. De Vincenzo (et al.): Productivity Change, Consolidation, and Privatization in Italian and German Banking Markets http://www.ifk-cfs.de/fileadmin/downloads/events/conferences/2006-Public_Fiorentino.pdf

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